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  1. Charlotte of Bourbon (1546/1547 – 5 May 1582) was a Princess consort of Orange as the third spouse of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish.

    • Early Life and Tenure as Grand Duchess
    • Reign
    • Abdication and Later Life
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    Born in Berg Castle, Charlotte of Nassau-Weilburg, Princess of Luxembourg, was the second daughter of Grand Duke William IV and his wife, Marie Anne of Portugal. Her older sister, Marie-Adélaide, had succeeded their father. However, Marie-Adélaïde's actions had become controversial, and she was seen as friendly to the German occupation of Luxembour...

    By 1935, Charlotte had sold her German properties, the former residential palaces of the Dukes of Nassau, Biebrich Palace and Schloss Weilburg, to the State of Prussia. During World War II the grand ducal family left Luxembourg shortly before the arrival of Nazi troops. Luxembourg's neutrality was violated on 9 May 1940, while the Grand Duchess and...

    On 12 November 1964, she abdicated in favour of her son Jean, who then reigned until his abdication in 2000. Charlotte died at Schloss Fischbach on 9 July 1985, from cancer. She was interred in the Ducal Crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in the city of Luxembourg. A statue of the Grand Duchess is in Place Clarefontaine in the city of Luxembourg.

    The old Berg Castle (demolished 1906), Mersch, central Luxembourg, ducal residence where Charlotte was born
    Fischbach Castle, Mersch, Charlotte's residence, and where she died
    Statue of Grand-Duchess Charlotte in Clairefontaine square, side view
  2. Charlotte (28 June 1444 – 16 July 1487) was the Queen of Cyprus from 1458 until 1464. She was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina. At the age of 14, she succeeded to the Cypriot throne upon the death of her father.

  3. Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana de Borbón y Borbón-Parma. House. Bourbon. Father. Charles IV of Spain. Mother. Maria Luisa of Parma. Signature. Doña Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830) was Queen of Portugal and Brazil as the wife of King Dom John VI.

  4. Charlotte of Bourbon (1546-1582) Charlotte had character. Even at a young age, she rebelled against her life as a nun. By writing letters to the right contacts, she managed to escape from the convent. She fled, converted to Protestantism and met William the Silent, the leader of the Dutch Revolt.